Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India by Walter Reid

 This one talks about the last few decades of the Raj in India.

I've read on this topic, and everyone of them has given some insights on the situation, and aftermath of those times. However, this one gives a more factual records quoting some of the reports which were not quoted earlier. So this comes up with a deeper analysis of the British policy of colonialism. You can take a look and you can see that the only policy was procrastination. Just to delay any action as much as possible. And unfortunately, nobody had an idea what this delay was for.

Now when more details are out, we can look at this decay of majestic level where the delay was the only recourse to keep the colonies under British for as long as possible and for the sheer non-sensical pride of it. This also stress the point that to delay any action, the policy which was employed here was to pit the two communities against each other. The seeds sown at that time are still bearing the bitter fruits of hatred even today.

Another point was the self assurance of superiority of British culture. It was never a point of consideration, forget about the discussion, that the indigenous people have the ability to run their own country. It was portrayed that keeping the colonies was more of an act favour, and not the denial of the rights which people had the claim to. But this was the age old race supremacy idea which still has a lot of takers.

Even if you've read something on the similar lines earlier from other authors, this one is still worth the time.

Peace